Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: May 7

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HODIE: Nonae Maiae, Nones of May

ANIMAL PROVERB:

Bos ad praesepe conatur currere saepe.
The ox often seeks to run to where he eats.
(seeks/eats as a loose rhyme for praesepe/saepe)

DISTICHA LATINA:

Nec cupio nec opes opto mihi: sit mihi parvo
Laeta, sed a duris libera vita malis.
[English]

LATIN LOLCATS:

Non timeo, sed caveo.
I am not afraid, but I am cautious.




Difficile est se noscere.
It is a hard thing to know oneself.

AESOP'S FABLES:

Herinacei et Viperae

Latin version and English version(s)



Oves Timidae et Pastor

Latin version and English version(s)

AESOP IN 100 WORDS:

Leo et Iaculator
~ ~ ~
The Lion and the Archer